La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Soirées Musicales Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro – 2025 Josi Steinfeld 01/09/2025Rossini was just 18 when Venice commissioned his first opera, the one-act comedy La Cambiale di Matrimonio (“The Marriage Contract”)....
Zelmira Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Josi Steinfeld 31/08/2025Rossini’s Zelmira, last composed for Naples in 1822, was once a staple at one of Europe’s great operatic centres, before...
La Distance Thibault Elie 05/08/2025Since taking over as director of the Festival d’Avignon, Tiago Rodrigues has staged one new play per year as part...
Les Incrédules (The Incredulous) Thibault Elie 31/07/2025With Les Incrédules, director Samuel Achache returns to the Festival d’Avignon with his most ambitious project to date: a two-hour...
Le Sommet Thibault Elie 22/07/2025In Le Sommet, Swiss director Christoph Marthaler brings together six eccentric figures in a remote mountain refuge, crafting a surreal,...
BREL Thibault Elie 18/07/2025BREL – Can You Dance to a Legend? Attending a performance at the mythical Carrière de Boulbon, about fifteen kilometers...
Cocktails, Comestibles, & Callas: A Night of Live Entertainment in Green-Wood Cemetery Austin Fimmano 12/06/2025Those who know Death of Classical are familiar with their mission of bringing classical music to life in the halls...
A Freeky Introduction Joshua Bolchover 08/06/2025A Freeky Introduction certainly achieved one thing: it completely freaked me out. I wasn’t sure what to expect going in....
Manon Olivia Hurton 31/05/2025The Opéra Bastille is a late postmodern strongbox for storytelling. Behind its brutalist façade of glass and exposed concrete lies...
Il Barbiere di Siviglia Miho Uchida 26/05/2025Josef E. Köpplinger’s lively and imaginative production of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the New National Theatre Tokyo...
